Queen Victoria’s mother was originally from Germany, so Victoria spoke only German for the first three years of her life. Furthermore, she was raised by the German baroness Louise Lehzen and also ...

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert In 1837 ... Her husband Philip, however, had predominantly German ancestors and spoke fluent German. In 1947, he became a British citizen and, shortly before ...

Queen Victoria also corresponded in German with Ernst Becker from ... Victoria and Albert normally spoke German to one another. Schooling of their children also included tuition in the German language ...

She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...

Victoria was unimpressed. As queen, however, she interviewed German, Dutch and even Russian princes, and found them all unsatisfactory. In truth she was not interested in marrying, as she was ...